Research
We carry out scenario analysis and research to examine and understand how potential changes to supply and demand will impact the future of fossil fuel-exposed companies and projects. This analysis helps the investment community better understand the financial implications of tackling climate change
Asset Retirement Obligation
Report
10 June 2025
Solving the Oil Field Paradox
A solutions framework: solving the orphan well problem requires systemic solutions The “oil field paradox” refers to the growing...
Asset Retirement Obligation
Report
20 May 2025
Closing the Oil Well Transfer Loophole
The Impact of California's Orphan Well Prevention Act on the transfer of oil well cleanup liabilities California’s Assembly Bill No....
Asset Retirement Obligation
Report
06 September 2024
Backfire: Why Colorado’s bonding reform is not working
Carbon Tracker has been following the development of the Energy and Carbon Management Commission’s (ECMC) financial assurance rules...
Asset Retirement Obligation
Report
27 June 2024
Rocky Mountain Highs and Lows
Decommissioning Colorado’s Two Oil Industries In 2018, Colorado became one of the first US states to recognize the insufficient...
Asset Retirement Obligation
Report
16 February 2024
False Start: How Colorado’s bonding rules failed to increase coverage
In March of 2022, the ECMC announced Colorado’s new financial assurance rules with much fanfare, referring to the Rules as the...
Report
14 December 2023
Overlooked: Why oil and gas decommissioning liabilities pose overlooked financial stability risk
The key message of this paper is that oil and gas decommissioning obligations amplify the potential harm from—and could be the spark that...Popular Reads
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Billion Dollar Orphans: Why millions of oil and gas wells could become...
Oil & Gas Report October 2020There are 2.6 million unplugged onshore wells in the U.S., with another estimated 1.2 million that are undocumented. In It’s...
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Carbon Tracker pioneered work on the oil and gas industry’s “stranded assets”; as investors increasingly ask whether oil...
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